Grak's opinion is "nope to KS" pretty much period. He can comment here. @grakulen
Me, I'm of the mind that unless the players speak to what they want out of this genre, we're doomed to keep getting games we don't want. I WANT a game like this to be made, and to succeed, ergo I'm backing it with my endorsement and my own wallet. That doesn't mean everyone has to, or that it's a pitch-perfect design and KS campaign.
We'll likely hold a Q&A or AMA with the Soulbound guys where they can address the 3-month head start and other issues.
I'm not in the business of making interest free loans.
Grak's opinion is "nope to KS" pretty much period. He can comment here. @grakulen
Me, I'm of the mind that unless the players speak to what they want out of this genre, we're doomed to keep getting games we don't want. I WANT a game like this to be made, and to succeed, ergo I'm backing it with my endorsement and my own wallet. That doesn't mean everyone has to, or that it's a pitch-perfect design and KS campaign.
We'll likely hold a Q&A or AMA with the Soulbound guys where they can address the 3-month head start and other issues.
I'm not in the business of making interest free loans.
@Grakulen Awesome man... That's why I love reading your articles
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It's not a loan, it's a donation with the chance of getting something worthwhile in return.
You and I have gone round and round about this. No matter how much you or I say that, it is not the commonly understood process to all people, and projects like this work on that misunderstanding. People understand it as a sale, no matter how you try to explain it to them. You can tell them, "well, you're just wrong", but that doesn't stop the next 2000 people signing up, thinking it's a sale. It's still a relatively new concept, especially to people outside the immediate circle of veteran game buyers/players. They know this and they're happy to take peoples' money, standing by the "no refund" ToS later when the person wakes up. Whose fault? I don't believe it's entirely in the lap of the customer, who isn't even really a customer but a gifter.
edit: There needs to be big colorful capitol letters on the purchase screen which state directly, "YOU ARE GIFTING US MONEY, NOT BUYING SOMETHING. WE HAVE ZERO OBLIGATION TO DO WHAT WE SAY, OR ANYTHING AT ALL", but then, who would give them money but very few people with alot to throw away?
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All time classic MY NEW FAVORITE POST! (Keep laying those bricks)
"I should point out that no other company has shipped out a beta on a disc before this." - Official Mortal Online Lead Community Moderator
Proudly wearing the Harbinger badge since Dec 23, 2017.
Coined the phrase "Role-Playing a Development Team" January 2018
"Oddly Slap is the main reason I stay in these forums." - Mystichaze April 9th 2018
edit: There needs to be big colorful capitol letters on the purchase screen which state directly, "YOU ARE GIFTING US MONEY, NOT BUYING SOMETHING. WE HAVE ZERO OBLIGATION TO DO WHAT WE SAY, OR ANYTHING AT ALL", but then, who would give them money but very few people with alot to throw away?